Plus, debating options for the power play, including newly called-up Dalibor Dvorsky, and the best plan for Logan Mailloux.

The St. Louis Blues are struggling this year, and Jim Montgomery did not mince words about the defense in his latest press conference.

The St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks have much in common these days. Both teams are losing ground in the Western Conference standings during their October struggles, and both teams are depleted by injuries.

NHL Draft will make season debut Thursday against Canucks, play center, get power-play time for slumping squad that's in 0-4-1 skid

The struggling Blue will not have Jake Neighbours for some time, as the forward deals with a lower-body injury.

Alex DeBrincat (one goal, two assists) and Lucas Raymond (two assists) also registered multi-point efforts for Detroit (7-3-0; 14 points), which was coming off a 6-4 victory over St. Louis (3-6-1; 7 points) at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday night.

Simon Edvinsson scored the go-ahead goal with 9:12 remaining and clinched the game with an empty-netter as the Detroit Red Wings rallied from a four-goal deficit to top the St. Louis Blues 6-4.

The St. Louis Blues host the Detroit Red Wings at Enterprise Center on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 8:15 p.m. ET. The game airs on ESPN+. St. Louis fell 6-3 on the road in its last game on Oct. 27 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Detroit won its last game 6-4 at home against the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 25.

The St. Louis Blues lifted the spirits of local hospital patients on Wednesday. The team hosted young kids and their families from the St. Louis Children’s Hospital for a Halloween celebration at Enterprise Center. Patients and their families watched the Blues practice and then went trick-or-treating in the team’s locker room.